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DEEP outlines "release-based" cleanup rollout, new online tracking system for contaminated sites
Summary
DEEP officials told the committee they are transitioning Connecticut from a Transfer Act approach to a risk- and release-based cleanup model, building a new online reporting/tracking system with Deloitte and promising stakeholder engagement during rollout; officials said the change aims to reduce duplicative reviews and speed durable closures.
HARTFORD — The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection described plans to replace the states Transfer Act historic-cleanup focus with a "release-based" and risk-based regulatory system, and said it is building a new online reporting and tracking platform contractors are developing with the states IT team.
Graham Stevens, chief of water protection and land reuse at DEEP, told the subcommittee the new rules are intended to reduce duplication between legacy Transfer Act investigations and day-to-day release responses and to create a "one-touch" approach so that when an emergent release is cleaned and closed it yields a durable…
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